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Fire marshal shares tips to open Fire Prevention Week

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
10/08/2012 01:05:07 PM EDT

Sun Staff Report

State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan released the following fire-safety tips to mark Fire Prevention Week, which starts Sunday:

"A good home escape plan starts with working smoke alarms, includes two ways out of every room, a meeting place outside, and is practiced twice a year," Coan said in a press release. "These are among the key fire messages firefighters have been sharing with school children through the Student Awareness of Fire Education, or S.A.F.E., for the past 18 years. Public fire education has been successful in reducing the number of children who die in fires in Massachusetts; last year no one under 18 died in a building fire, which we believe is a first in the state and possibly the nation." Fire departments across the state will be participating in events such as school programs and fire department open houses to share important fire prevention and fire survival information, Coan said.

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